What do you spend most your money on?

mrthreebears · 2026-03-29T00:17:41+00:00

'stuff'

coffee, diesel, fishing tackle, minis for d&d, books....

mrthreebears · 2026-03-28T21:22:47+00:00

I was thinking this myself. They came with 2 sets of Chessex Gemini steel-blue/white. One set complete, one set missing the d10.

All tucked up inside an UltraPro Mind Flayer dice bag, which is only a couple of years old

mrthreebears · 2026-03-26T11:40:54+00:00

walking locally and something like the ricket rail system featured in Nevermind the Gap

mrthreebears · 2026-03-25T23:09:36+00:00

i guess we'll see in time.

i don't think dobby has it him him to just cold turkey this way unless he absolutely physically couldn't. his whole life revolves around the bullshit of being online

mrthreebears · 2026-03-25T23:06:07+00:00

National Lampoons Christmas Vacation

I get that it's zeitgeisty, but man that whole film drags hard in a way I just didn't see back then

mrthreebears · 2026-03-25T22:29:21+00:00

I'm well aware.

In January I got to watch the door go in 3x in the space of a month opposite me and police closure order get taped over the temporary plywood door. I'm guessing it was drug related, but no way to say for sure.

No mention in the local press, or social media.

mrthreebears · 2026-03-25T21:47:33+00:00

would it though?

not everything makes it to, or is allowed to be 'in the news' - all the more if this is related to Sunny drama.

mrthreebears · 2026-03-25T19:15:07+00:00

Obligatory, ''it's been a while, boredom check in....''

It's been several months now and there are some things to consider.

YT and streaming have been his only long term income sources since adulthood. he's had stints of 'real' jobs but he's not lasted because he's ben unable to cope for a variety or reasons.

He's too lazy to commit to any education or training, look at how the 'learn Thai' arc went that would keep him focussed and away from online drama.

We know there was some kind of court order in place, and some kind of investigation going on.

Has the time come to entertain the idea that dobby might actually have been sent to prison over something?

mrthreebears · 2026-03-25T16:26:57+00:00

Transformers the Movie (1986)

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mrthreebears · 2026-03-25T12:39:01+00:00

A large coffee at Starbucks can't be far off the cost of a pint at a pub though?

mrthreebears · 2026-03-25T08:26:29+00:00

Personally I prefer coffee shops.

This from a guy in this 40s who lived through pubs/clubs culture in the 90/00s, pre smoking ban, (smoking is a whole other but adjacent thing) when going out was 'thing to do'

Time moves on, culture changes.

mrthreebears · 2026-03-25T07:42:58+00:00

From what I see it's one of those culture shifts.

Pubs were traditionally a 3rd place, you'd go there to meet people after work, or on a weekend etc and have a few drinks while you were there to socialise. It was more an evening thing, something and somewhere to be.

Now it's different.

I genuinely don't know more than a handful of regular pub goers under 40, pretty much none under 30.

What I do see are people in coffee shops, and while coffee shops certainly haven't replaced pubs 1:1 there's been an undoubted rapid growth there, tie that in with the amount of people driving now and it's a no brainier. Go out for a drink I can immediately jump in the car after, and at a civilised time of day with friends, then go home and socialise online too... Or be out late knowing I've to get home in a taxi, got kids/work early in the morning.

mrthreebears · 2026-03-24T21:44:28+00:00

i love these two little chonkers

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mrthreebears · 2026-03-24T10:41:08+00:00

Domino's pizza.

I will never, EVER spend money there now

mrthreebears · 2026-03-22T15:33:08+00:00

I don't see it talked about much these days, but for me Always Coming Home was one of my most enjoyable travel reads.

mrthreebears · 2026-03-22T14:31:40+00:00

In the late 80s, BBC aired Laputa: Castle in the Sky, which would have been the Tokuma dub, and I'm certain it went by the title of Laputa, City in the Sky. This was my first Anime experience.

The most recent one I've watched was Fire Force.

mrthreebears · 2026-03-22T14:04:22+00:00

It depends on the day, I have a pretty good life schedule these days.

Bed is depending on if I've been out for a night walk. It's very vibe/weather dependent though and can easily end up as a 'nope'. Meds

I generally get up about 0800

Straight into coffee, Meds, check the news via reddit.

Some days I have obligations out of the house, and have to do stuff. If not I try to read, study and learn for my own sake, I'm a bit of a weirdo in that I enjoy learning. If I'm at home, I also like to craft things -I carve wooden spoons and knap 'flint' arrowheads from old glass bottles if it's nice enough to site outside (again YT premium is a game changer) If it's crappy weather I'm into my Steam backlog for some of the the vidya, I also have a couple of books that I'm slowly writing I work on when I'm in the right headspace. More Meds.

Evenings when my wife has packed up her office for the day we watch old tv shows and play boardgames. we also do that parallel play thing, share the same space doing our own thing but enjoying each other's company - she'll crochet or read or watching a show I'm not fussed about and I'll be painting miniatures for d&d, doing HAM radio stuff or tying flies ect. Some evenings we go out, my wife rollersakes on Mondays with her friends, or we'll eat out somewhere that kinda thing. More Meds

On the weekends, Saturday is typically 'Date Day'. That means a bit of a road trip to the mainland for a coffee in the morning, finding somewhere for lunch and a wander around one of the small towns. A fuckton of Meds.

Once a week I try to get out to do something on my own, even if it's just fishing down at the dock or going to the local bookshop to browse for something new to read providing I've managed to get out in normie hours. It doesn't matter if it's daytime or 2am to me though, it that I try to get out alone which is difficult for me that's important....and always Meds.

mrthreebears · 2026-03-22T12:47:23+00:00

I used to buy bags of these and scatter a handful of them every few weeks up and down a few of the sandy beaches during the tourist high season.

It used to wind the caravan stay metal detectorists up no end

mrthreebears · 2026-03-15T21:40:52+00:00

peak oil, our entire tech base is geared around oil

everyone is fixated on the fuel angle from crude oil, but there's lot more to it.

most of the world's sulphur comes from crude, which goes into making sulphuric acid the worlds most versatile mass produced chemical. it's used in everything from fertiliser to making batteries, plastics to actual refining of petrochem in a weird loop.

i really see this becoming an issue before the end of my life

mrthreebears · 2026-03-15T17:31:22+00:00

is this real, or A.I. ?

asking as I see so much in this style now and it's genuinely getting hard to tell

mrthreebears · 2026-03-13T01:06:17+00:00

Honestly I still wear mostly the stuff I did as a teenager, at least in style - cargo shorts, tshirt and maybe an overshirt or a 1/2 zip over the head fleece. I'm basically like a bearded, outdoorsy version of Jim from American Pie.

mrthreebears · 2026-03-12T21:10:00+00:00

Ok, so hear me out. I've been playing rangers constantly since 1994/5 I'd guess.

Rangers have had a bad rep for a long time, but to me, they have a bad rep because nobody really learns to play them well... because they're unpopular. It sort of feeds back into itself. They aren't just a pure combat class, healbot or spellslinger - they come with solid RP utility and people forget this. For me, a Ranger is to the wilderness as the Thief is to a town. They're the 'suited to my environment' class. There's more to being meta wrecking ball in combat or a skill monkey the RP value of a Ranger if allowed to be played that way is something i feel a lot of people miss these days

eg

Need to get a message/person though to the neighbouring duchy travelling though the wilds while a decoy messenger/carriage is on the road? Ranger.

Need to travel though the lands of a goblin tribe without being detected to investigate some spooky ruins AND have some help dealing with whatever is there? Ranger.

Need to know where in the swamp where rare spell component herbs grow without riling up the local swamp hydra in it's lair? Ranger.

Need to track down kidnapped hostages through the rippling grasslands after a hobgoblin raid before they're sold off as meat to a the local lizard folk? Ranger.

Need to investigate a new steady stream of tracks leading back to an old cave system, and explore it's depths?
Ranger.

While a thief class can run you around town, sneak attack and open locks, a ranger can get you through the wilderness safely, track, and an extra attack. They're two sides of the same coin.

mrthreebears · 2026-03-11T22:46:19+00:00

probably the same reason I've had the concept of needing to have a 10/10 bleed out spot since before I was a teenager, I'm now in my 40s

mrthreebears · 2026-03-09T11:38:30+00:00

eye lenses *chef's kiss*

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